YOUR COMPANY HAS BEEN BREACHED!

The Data Governance Watershed

“You’ve been breached!” These are words none of us want to hear, but the situation is almost inevitable. When the breach does occur, will your data governance structure help to protect you? Many organisations are at a data governance watershed, somewhere between having systems and processes in place and actually being effective.

What is your opinion of this statement – ‘While many organisations have implemented technology, process and policies, to support data governance, most are not sure it’s effective?’

For me, some of the key issues, in terms of data governance and privacy are;

We are now more heavily regulated than ever before
There is a strong public expectation of privacy
A data breach will happen at some point
We are not sure what data we store
We are not sure where the data is stored
We are not sure who is touching the data
We not sure what they’re doing with the data

Technology Investment

It is very common for organisations to have invested in technology to comply with regulatory or privacy requirements, but have not leveraged its full value of the technology. It is crucial to ensure technology is utilised effectively and integrated with business process to provide maximum protection with minimum business impact. We commonly see technology such as the following underutilised;